The campaign raised funds to save and provide medical care for more than 500
puppy mill dogs over the past two years.
Not exact matches
Unlike
puppy mills, where profits are placed
over the well - being of the animals, a responsible breeder breeds only a few types of
dogs and is knowledgeable about the breed and its special requirements.
It may sadden you to know that your new canine companion more than likely comes from a
puppy mill, which the ASPCA defines as «a large - scale commercial
dog breeding operation that places profit
over the well - being of its
dogs — who are often severely neglected — and acts without regard to responsible breeding practices».
There are also ads on here for NextDayPets with
over «300
Dog Breed Profiles» How do unsuspecting readers know this is not a
puppy mill?
A
puppy mill is a place where
dogs have
puppies over and
over again, housed in poor living conditions and never seen by a veterinarian.
Tens of thousands of
dogs are shipped into the U.S. from
puppy mills in foreign countries, purchased by people
over Internet sites.
If all those who wished for a
dog went to shelter instead of a
puppy mill or
dog breeder for the next five years,
over 75 % of the
dogs in shelters would be saved and
puppy mills would struggle to keep their doors open.
Here's what my research says, «A
puppy mill is a commercial facility destined for breeding
dogs that sets priority of making money
over the well - being of animals.»
Over the last five years, Friends of Finn has raised $ 1.5 million, which has gone towards further educating the public about the issue of
puppy mills and what they can do to ensure that fewer and fewer
dogs are born, raised and die in such inhumane and terrible conditions so rampant at
puppy mills.
His guardian is the heiress Amanda Hearst, who became determined to fight against
puppy mills after being shocked to learn that her new pup had come from a horrific facility that had abused
over 900
dogs.
Nearly one hundred
dogs arrived at the North Shore Animal League America from
puppy mills all
over Oklahoma.
Further, with
over eight million needy shelter
dogs looking for homes, the
puppy mill industry only exacerbates the homeless pet epidemic across the world.
With the vast majority of pet store
puppies coming from
puppy mills,
over 200 jurisdictions across the U.S. and Canada have enacted ordinances banning the retail sale of commercially bred
dogs and cats.
In 2009, Best Friends Animal Society (in conjunction with local animal rescue groups) saved
over 150
dogs from Lucy's Indiana
puppy mill.
NMDR has rescued more than 7,700
dogs from
puppy mills over the past 6 years, and because they rely solely on donations / grants, they can only rescue as many
dogs as their funding will allow.
A
puppy mill is a large - scale commercial
dog breeding operation where profit is given priority
over the well - being of the
dogs.
Tennessee state Sen. Doug Jackson says the conditions at the Hickman County, Tennessee
puppy mill of Patricia Adkisson were abhorrent enough to prompt him to introduce S.B. 258 (H.B. 386 in the House), a bill that would require licensing of commercial
dog and cat breeders, establish regulatory control
over these breeders, Â and also offer protections for consumers purchasing these animals as pets.
USDA licences
puppy mills and even publishes a list of breeders with
over 500 adult breeding
dogs... USDA
puppy mills are also the ONLY legal suppliers of
dogs for use in animal testing labs... stop the stupid propaganda...
Over the last months and years, we have published numerous articles on how much we hate unethical
dog breeding (let alone
puppy mills) and that the word business in breeding business simply means exchange of money for a
dog which as far as I know, everybody does.
Puppy mills are mass production facilities that crank out an estimated 4 - 5 million
dogs annually that are sold in pet stores,
over the Internet, at swap meets and direct to the public.
Once
puppy mills hand the
dogs over to National Mill
Dog Rescue, a team of volunteers gives them much - needed veterinarian care and nurses them back to health.
According to statistics from the Missouri Department of Agriculture, there are now 50,000 fewer breeding
dogs confined to a lifetime of misery in a
puppy mill, and
over 300,000 fewer
puppies being churned out every year in Missouri
mills.
An active animal rescuer for
over ten years, Laura's passions include educating and advocating about the perils of breeder
dogs in
puppy mills and those involved in
dog fighting.
A
puppy mill is a large - scale commercial
dog breeding facility where profit is given priority
over the well - being of
dogs, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Some may be better or worse than others, but any breeding operation that places profit
over the health or well - being of the
dogs meets the commonly accepted definition of a
puppy mill.
I remember a
puppy mill raid where the owner had gotten wind of the bust and the rescue teams went in to find some
dogs still in their kennels, but a large mound of sawdust
over animals the breeder had hastily buried.
A
puppy mill is a breeding operation that breeds
dogs for profit, prioritizing financial gain
over the health or well - being of the
dogs.
If you buy a
dog over the Internet, at a pet store or through a newspaper ad, your new pooch may very well be from a
puppy mill — an abusive mass - production facility that churns out
puppies under inhumane conditions.
Puppy mills breed
dogs and put profit
over the well being of the animals in their care.
The commercial breeders —
puppy millers — that put profit
over the well being of the
dogs do sell their
dogs in pet stores.
Puppy mills are
dog breeding operations that put profit
over the health and well - being of the
dogs.
According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty towards Animals (ASPCA), on November 17, 2015
over 100
dogs were rescued from a
puppy mill raid in Clewiston, Florida.
Using your brain
over your heart, you decide; do you still want to see
puppies bred like rats, without health care or socialization, to be bought in pet shops while knowing this makes you part of the problem, or do you want to stand up to for the
dogs and help wipe
puppy mills of the face of the earth?
«Everyone suffers as
puppy mill owners single - mindedly pursue profit
over the well - being of the
dogs.
I've been a
dog owner and part time breeder for
over 30 years (no
puppy mills just a litter if I have a very special female, then just one litter).
Many
puppy mills are regulated by the United States Department of Agriculture, 1,924 licensed Class A and B to be exact, but most
puppy mills aren't so strictly regulated and put profit
over the health of the
dogs they breed.
We have
over 220
puppy mills currently and that equals out to
over 17,000 adult
dogs that are forced to live in misery....
Some kennels have
over 200
dogs —
Puppy mills!
As we have for many years during our televised broadcast, The Westminster Kennel Club will continue to make the following announcement: «If you are planning to add a
dog to your life and have come to look
over the best of the best, please note, no
dog you have seen here (yesterday or today) came from a pet shop, or was the «product», if you will, of a
puppy mill.
But the pet stores here in the States continue to enjoy a healthy trade
over the Christmas season, with people still being conned into buying
dogs before they are ready and being told that the
puppies they are buying are not from the awful
puppy mills shown on Oprah.
First of all, for Charlene Labombard (owner of the
puppy mill)... How can you fight the accusations that you are not running a
puppy mill when you have
over 500
dogs??
At
puppy mills, the
dogs are kept in small wire cages for years on end solely to produce
puppies for commercial sale in pet stores and
over the Internet.
«The City of Toronto's decision to restrict sales of
dogs and cats at pet stores eliminates a major distribution network for
puppy and kitten
mills», said Alanna Devine, director of Animal Advocacy for the Montreal SPCA «However,
dogs and cats continue to be sold
over the Internet and in locations that are not the breeding site, such as flea markets, allowing
puppy and kitten
mills to thrive.
Over the past two years, The HSUS has rescued more than 5,000
puppy mill dogs, and 13 states have passed laws to regulate these deplorable operations, but there is still much to be done.
According to Callison, the two
puppy mills Dyvig's sources its
puppies from have gone from having
over 400 breeding
dogs each, to having about 150 breeding
dogs each.
After Lazarow spoke, one woman turned
over a petition signed by 235 people who support a townwide ban on the sale of
puppy mill dogs.
Relying solely on donations and grants for funding, they rescue discarded
puppy mill breeding
dogs from all
over the county, and transport them to their home base kennel, «Lily's Haven», near Colorado Springs.
Where is the animal shelter's outrage
over puppy mill dogs churned out with physical and mental deformities?
The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund commend federal lawmakers for reintroducing legislation that will close a loophole in the Animal Welfare Act regulations that currently allows
puppy mills to sell
dogs over the Internet without any oversight or standards of care.
They discussed a proposal to crack down on
puppy mills selling
dogs over the Internet.